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or hillside, usually beneath a projecting rock or bunch of grass and, 

 Howard' adds, in the vicinity of a spring or waterfall. 



Nest. — Brewster'' describes the nest as "large, flat and shallow," 

 and as composed of bark, coarse fibers from weed-stalks, and fine 

 bleached grasses, the latter, with a few hairs forming a simple lining; 

 a description which seems to fit the average nest of this species. 



Eggs. — Usually 4. Ground color white, finely dotted, in form of 

 wreath around large end, with reddish brown and lavender gray, and a 

 very few scattering dots over rest of egg. Size; a typical set of 4 

 measures .65X.51, .6SX.51, .66X.51, .64X.S1. (Figs. 125,126.) 



Nesting Dates. — Santa Rita Mts., May 18 {Stephens). 



Biographical References 



(i) W. E. Bryant, Nest and Eggs of the Painted Flycatcher (in Arizona), 

 Bull. Nutt Orn. Qub, VI, 1881, 176. (2) Wm. Brewster, On a Collection 

 Birds lately made by Mr. F. Stephens in Arizona, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 

 1882, 140. (3) O. W. Howard, Summer Resident Warblers of Arizona, Bull. 

 Cooper Om. Club (=Condor), I, 1899, 65. (4) G. F. Breninger, The Painted 

 Redstart (in Arizona), Condor, III, igoi, 147. 



